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Networking Infrastructure Choices for Storage

Networking Infrastructures
LAN
Data Network
8Gb FC
SAN SAN
Storage Network

Block Data or File: What Protocols are Used
File Data
• Networked Attached Storage uses LAN or WAN protocols i.e. TCP/IP over 10GbE or 1GbE
• A NAS device can exist anywhere in a LAN or WAN.
• Supported Protocols include CIFS, NFS and HTTP
Block Data
• Storage Area Networks use multiple block protocols
• FC
• iSCSI (TCP/IP)
• IB
• FCoE
• SAS

The Market Selects FC
While there is a use for every interface, FC (choice C) is the leader for enterprise demanding applications
FC SANs account for 55% of the overall storage system interface market.
“We continue to see strength in the
FC market," said Casey Quillin,
Analyst at Dell'Oro Group.
IDC’s Q2 2010 Worldwide Storage Systems Hardware Tracker

Reasons for FC Leadership
FC Overview
• High performance, robustness and addressability for demanding environments
• Low latency, high IOPs, and congestion free
• High addressability necessary for large customers
• Investment protection with auto-negotiating link speeds
Mature and time-proven designs dominates SANs today in the enterprise market
FC SANs ensure higher security
Data integrity in the near future with T10-Dif
Consolidate heavy server I/O demands
For FC host connectivity, Oracle FC
Networking Powered by QLogic the leading choice…

Full Testing and Integration with SPARC Enterprise,
Blade, and x86 Servers
QLogic HBA technology is also embedded in ZFS & Axiom
T5120
M9000
M5000
SPARC T4
Series
M3000
SPARC T3
Series
M4000
T5440
T5240
Blade Clusters
(x86/SPARC)
M8000
Rack-Mount Servers and Open Storage
Open Applications-to-Disk Solutions from a Single Source

Why QLogic: The Ultimate in Performance
Oracle 8Gb FC adapters powered by QLogic lead in real-world performance for Oracle database
Benchmark running on Oracle Relational Database
Management System (RDBMS)*
Oracle OLTP Transactional Performance
140000
120000
100000
80000
60000
40000
20000
0
1 2 3 4 8 12 16 20 24 28 32
Outstanding I/Os (Increasing Workload)
Qlogic-Powered
8Gb FC Adapter
Vendor A
Across all three workloads (OLTP,
Web and OLAP), QLogic’s performance averaged 98 percent better than the competition.
• Ensures reduced response time of mission critical applications and backup time-windows
*Running on Microsoft® Windows® 2003 Enterprise Edition with Service Pack 2. The tool used for predicting the performance of the Oracle database under-load was Orion from Oracle
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Full Hardware Offload for Improved System
Performance
• The lowest CPU utilization in the industry
• Requires an average of 9% CPU utilization
• Competitors Choke CPU utilization up to 90%
• The ability to fully offload processing to the adapter improves server performance by freeing up the server
CPU to other tasks
More bandwidth for multiple VMs and apps all on a single server
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The Ultimate in Low Power Usage
QLogic’s power management technologies
• StarPower ™ consumes only the power needed to run at full speed
• Cool HBA™ technology: HBAs can operate without airflow
Power Consumption
8 Gb Dual Port HBAs
QLogic 8Gb FC HBAs consume 20-30% less power for greener IT!

FC Adapter of Choice for Oracle Database
For Optimized Database Solutions tested configurations, the
Oracle 8Gb FC adapters powered by QLogic were the adapter of choice for Oracle Database BOMs
Optimized Solutions for Database BOM
Servers
Processors
Storage
Warranty

FC Adapter of Choice for Oracle Database
For Optimized Database Solutions tested configurations, the
Oracle 8Gb FC adapters powered by QLogic were the adapter of choice for Oracle Database BOMs

The Ultimate in Business Resiliency
QLogic’s Overlapping Protection Domains (OPDs)
• Provides overlapping parity and cyclic redundancy checking and generation for continuous data protection
Data moving from Host Bus to FC
Fibre Channel
FC CRC OPD
FC
I
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M
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FC CRC OPD
Byte Parity OPD PCI Parity / ECC
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Byte Parity OPD PCI Parity / ECC
PCI Bus
Data moving from FC to Host Bus
CRC = Cyclic Redundancy
Check
ECC = Error Correction Code

Tightly Integrated with Oracle Operating
Environments
17 + years of field-hardened Solaris solutions
• Pioneered Oracle Solaris FC I/O technology ensures solutions deliver a stable, reliable and highly available solution
Key foundational component of the Oracle Linux stack
• A component of Oracle Linux pre-tested and certified architectures integral to Linux enterprise solutions
Flexible and adaptable to Oracle VM
• Hardware-assisted VMflex supports multiple virtual connections sharing the same physical port
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Adapter of Choice for Oracle Customers
• In the past year alone, Oracle has shipped 72,861
Oracle-branded QLogic adapters
• Selected by top Fortune 500 customers
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Recap: Engineered to Win Together
Oracle HW, SW, and networking powered by QLogic provide a seamless high performance solution to your customers.
Best-in-class: QLogic has the largest Storage Networking I/O install base
= reliability and turn-key deployment
Integral to the Oracle Stack: HBA technology embedded in Oracle storage hardware and fully tested across Oracle servers and apps
Optimized for Oracle Database: A key component in Oracle architected database configurations for optimal DB performance
The Ultimate Choice for FC Connectivity : Oracle-branded QLogic adapters provide performance and business resiliency needed in today’s environments
We are here to help!
www.qlogic.com/go/oracle or email QLogic.oracle@qlogic.com

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